I love potatoes. I love them cooked, baked, mashed, fried, actually I can't think of a way I wouldn't devour these yellow darlings. I even ate them raw when I was a child - despite my grandma telling me, that this wasn't particularly healthy. Stubborn? Me? What?!

The only times when I can care less about potatoes is when they taste bland, void of any flavor, more white and sweet than anything. I do like to try new sorts, but more often than not they suck and I remorsefully return to the known, good ones. Favorites of mine would include Bamberger Hörnchen, La Ratte (with just butter and coarse sea salt), Sieglinde (salads), a good Bintje (gnocchi) and the purple Vitelotte (potato chips). What are your favorites and what do you use them for?

The last dessert has been shot. And eaten.

what would you do with it?

What's your favorite way to treat your garlic?

... and killed Mr. Basil. Water used to make him so happy, not anymore though. He had a great life while it lasted on our kitchen window sill, for almost 2 months - and even set a new record! He rocked.

When you think that it can hardly get any worse, don't hold your breath, it can get worse. Less has to be more these days. Less sleep = getting more work done. Simple math, but really the only constant in my packed life currently. The next four weeks will be filled with ever so many deadlines, probably more than I can count with my two hands. And I try hard to not loose my sense of humor when our bathroom mirror routinely greets me with two sleepy eyes every morning, à la Groundhog Day. Consuming most of my energy right now, finishing this project of mine does take priority, hence I will set this blog to a different mode for the next few weeks. What's going to happen?

From now on almost daily you will find a new photo on d:d, this could either be a kitchen snapshot, recipe impression, sneak peaks from my upcoming book, yummy tidbits or everything else that deserves the tag delicious. Stay tuned and curious - maybe a quick recipe will sneak its way in, too. Posting as usual will then resume at the end of May.